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F. SIMONSON. LOG LOADERAND TURNER.'

No. 448,590. Patented Mar. 17, 1891.

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FLAVEL SIMONSON, OF MILXVAUKEE, VISOONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE H.

OHAMBERLAN, OF SAME PLACE.

LOG- LOADER AND TURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 448,590, dated March 1'7', 1891.

' Application filed February 13, 1890. Renewed November 22, 1390. Serial N. 372,292. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t may concern: the bar Il to serve as a guide for it. The Be it known that I, FLAVEL SIMONSON, a lower ends of these guide-strips are bent rearcitizen of the United States of America, reward at an angle, as at fr', and rest under the siding at Milwaukee, in the county of Milangular portion of the toothed bar when that 5 waukeeand State of Wisconsin,haveinvented bar is in its lowest position, thereby serving 55 a certain new and Improved LoglLoader and to hold the latter in a rearwardly-inclined p- Turner, of which the following is a specificasit-ion away from the log. tion, reference being had therein to the ac J is a link, whose lower end is loosely pivcompanying drawing. oted to bar H, its upper end passing through v io My invention relates to improvements in and working in an L-shaped slot l 2, cut in 6o log loaders and turners designed to first load the fioor,to one side on an imaginary vertical the saw-log onto the carriage and then turn line drawn from the pivotal pointof the link, it into the desired positioinihe object of the so that the link will gravitate sidewise. In invention being the production of a machine the upper end of link J there is a hole 7, i of this class which will be simple in oonadapted at proper times to receive a pin kin 65 struction and swift in action. "i" a lug K, secured to one of the puslrarins E.

The invention will first be described in con- L is a lever pivoted horizontally at one end nection with the accompanying drawing to the iioor behind the link J, assuming the (which is a perspective view of the machine front of the latter to bc toward thclelit of the 2o with alogupon the carriage) and then pointed machine, and M is a rod, one end of which is 70 Out ill the Claims. pivoted to the other end of the lever, its free A is the floor of the mill, upon which the end extending outward beyond the logway machine is set, part of the floor being re- (not shown) and provided with a head m. moved to show certain parts located beneath N is an oscillating steanrcylinderprovided 2 5 it. with the necessary appliances for supplying 75 B is one of the logways, the other being reand utilizing steam. (Not shown.) moved. il f i r O is the piston-rod of the steam-cylinder,

idf E. P, ,1- O is the carriage, located in front of the pivoted at its outer end to one of the pushlOgWlyS arms E. Dis a rock-shaft journaled in pillow-blocks The operation of the machine is very sim- 8o d betweenthe forward ends of the logways. ple. Assume that the log is on the llogways Earepush-arnis rigidlysecnred on the rockover the push-arms. Now the operator adshaft D. mits steam to the rear end of the steam-cyl- F is a transverse beam secured to the iloorinder, which drives the piston-rod forward,

joists a directly under the near edge of the and thus, through its connection with. one of 85 carriage. This beam is rounded on its rea-r the push-arms, rocks the shaft D, whereby edge and has a metal covering f. the rear ends oi both push-arms are raised, so

G is a toothed bar for turning the log, the as to roll thelogoft the arms and onto the cai teeth t being secured to the bar in any suit riage. Thon it is desired to turn the log,

able manner. The lower end of the bar G, the operator presses his loot against the head 90 which is passed down through the door, is of rod M, so as to pull lever I against link .T, bent at a right angle, and is bifurcated, as which is now in the portion 2 of the slot 1n shown, so as to straddle a raising-har H, which the floor, when the pin 7ton lug K will enter is pivoted at one end to a bracket 72y underthe hole j in the link, thus connecting the link neath the iioor, the bar G being pivoted at with the pusharm. Then he lets s teain into 95 the end of its angular portion at g to the the lower end of, the cylinder, which raises hai' H. the push-arm, and consequently the link, and

I I are two metal strips secured at their upthe latter in turn pulls bar ll upward, which per ends to the beam F and extending downis guided by the guidestrips I. As bar H ward and rearward, passing on each side of rises, the toothed bar G is raised by it, the IOC latter swinging 'forward on its pivot q until l it strikes against the log7 as seen in dotted lines, the beam F preventing the toothed bar in its upward movement from coming into contact with the carriage. In the upward l movement; of the toothed barits teeth will engage with the log and turn it. At this time the link J is in the portion lof the slot in the j ioor. After the log is turned the operator i reverses the engine, when the parts will be brought down into the position of rest, when the link J will be opposite the portion i of the slot in the floor and gravitftle awa)7 from its connection with the lng on the push-arm.

Having thus described my invention, what l I claim as new, and desire to secure by Iiet- I ters Patent, isi l. The combination, with a raising-bar pivoted at one end to a suitable support, and 1 mechanism for operat ing' said bar, of a toothed bar having an angular bend at its lower end and pivoted to the raising-bar at the end of i its angular portion,and a support for holding i the toothed bar in an inclined position when at rest.

L. The combination, with a raising-bar pivoted at one end to a suitable support, and

mechanism for operating said bar, of a toothed bar bifurcated at its lower end, the bifurcated portion being` bent at an angle, passed over the raising-bar, and pivoted thereto at the end of its angular portiomand a support on each side of the raising-barto hold the toothed bar in an inclined position when at rest.

3. The combination, with the pivoted raising-bar, a guide for said bar, a toothed bar bifurcated, bent, and pivoted to the raisingbar in the manner described, and a support for holding the bar inclined while at rest, of a rock-shaft having` a fixed arm, mechanism for rocking` the shaft, and a link pivoted at its lower end to the raising-bar and detachably connected at its upper end to the arm on the rock-shaft, substantially as described. In testimony whereof I afx my sgnaturein presence of two witnesses.

FLAVEL SIMONSON. Witnesses:

WM. HUNTER MYERS, G. W. BALLOCH. 

